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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by Mourne Red - Today at 09:37:12 PM

Would have been critical off the first half but seeing how we played in second half was clear then that Plan was to frustrate Armagh and keep the tempo of the game slow to then hit them with pace and runners in the 2nd half I.e what happened when Kerr and Magill came on.

Would like to see us kick the ball a bit more, felt like we good have broke quicker on Armagh when the pass was on. But there's been a definite improvement under Laverty

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by gallsman - Today at 09:35:36 PM

It wasn't a matter of any sort of Down tactical masterclass shutting out Armagh and nearly pulling it off. Armagh were f**king brutal, O'Neill aside who was half decent. They should still have won the game pulling up. Has nothing to do with them "not being let play" or anything of the sort.

Down need a bit of S&C from the looks of things.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by No1 - Today at 09:32:15 PM

To think the Kilcoo boys thought they were too good for the Down team. Johnston just fell over at the end there.

Armagh were awful but Down are a dreadful outfit. Would have been a travesty to see them in the AI series.

Some speak from an Antrim man.

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by 5times5times - Today at 09:29:02 PM

On a sourer note, the actions of the armagh contingent on the hill is becoming a black mark against the county.

Riot police had their hands full all afternoon. An embarrassment and unlikely even affiliated with any clubs.

Stay well clear ulster final day!

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by SHEEDY - Today at 09:28:35 PM

Let's guess the people spouting crap on here weren't even in clones today. The management had a plan in place to beat a top team and it nearly came off. A few missed chances proved costly in the end, but the players gave everything.

Maybe if a few more 'supporters' had turned up to get behind the team and lift them in the last minutes the way the Armagh fans did it might have got us over the line.

 

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GAA Discussion / Re: Leinster Senior football c...

Last post by armaghniac - Today at 09:26:58 PM

There will be a move to fix Dublin at some stage.  Maybe more teams instead of 1.

If the GAA were to split Dublin they would be abandoning the "county team" model for national competitions. What would replace that model?

The GAA also used a parish model, which Dublin ignored.These things are useful as far as they are useful, and can be changed. Most counties remain a useful unit, Dublin should have several teams and there is a case for a Belfast team and possibly a Cork city one

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Antrim / Re: Antrim Hurling

Last post by paddyjohn - Today at 09:19:30 PM

Great result, some change in 6 days

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Down / Re: Down Club Hurling & Footba...

Last post by One life one club - Today at 09:05:52 PM

Some amount of negativity, everyone expected Armagh to come out and make little boys of Down today. They didn't. We were unlucky in the end . Laverty messed up with the mark, looked defeated before he even kicked the ball. Down have been progressing well under Conor guidance, long may it continue

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by AnDúnAbú94 - Today at 09:05:00 PM

Some people on here would want to wise up a small bit. That game was a team early in their development setting up to exploit a much better team's weaknesses. And they nearly succeeded. Not every game is going to be a classic, there'll be some boring games to watch. We're the only sport in the world where every boring game is met by calls for rule changes. If Tyrone Donegal is brilliant tomorrow, the same people will be on about how much they enjoyed it. Leave the rules alone and let the sport develop ffs.

[They turned up to play as little football as possible]

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GAA Discussion / Re: Ulster Senior football cha...

Last post by tbrick18 - Today at 09:03:50 PM

Down goals were a comedy of errors defensively. There was some running and handpassing in the build up, nothing more.

Genuinely shocked at how much credit people are trying to give down. They turned up to play as little football as possible, and when they did, were largely terrible at it.

Down turned up with tactics to keep Armagh out. What should they have done? Gone man-to-man for a spectacle? That statement in bold is a nonsense comment.
Down defended their goal, Donegal did that last week but had a kickout tactic and broke at pace - which won them the game. That's since been lauded as a tactical masterclass as Donegal got the tactics right to stifle Derry's attack and get over the press.
Down had a tactic of stifling the Armagh attack and then run at them at pace - it almost worked. A better team using the same tactic will beat Armagh as they can't cope with pace at the back.
Just my opinion.